Assumption High School (AHS) is a public secondary school located at 4880 Highway 308 in

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, United States, north of the city of Napoleonville. It is a part of the Assumption Parish School Board. The sole high school in Assumption Parish, it takes students from all parts of the parish, including Napoleonville, Labadieville, Pierre Part, Bayou L'Ourse, and Belle Rose.

Academics

Assumption High School is a comprehensive public senior high school. The school offers an honors program, an Advanced Placement (AP) program, and a

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program. Dual enrollment classes are offered to eligible juniors and seniors through L. E. Fletcher Technical Community College. The available AP courses are as follows:

human geography Human geography or anthropogeography is the branch of geography that studies spatial relationships between human communities, cultures, economies, and their interactions with the environment. It analyzes spatial interdependencies between social i ...

calculus Calculus, originally called infinitesimal calculus or "the calculus of infinitesimals", is the mathematical study of continuous change, in the same way that geometry is the study of shape, and algebra is the study of generalizations of arithm ...

civics Civics is the study of the rights and obligations of citizens in society. The term derives from the Latin word ''civicus'', meaning "relating to a citizen". The term relates to behavior affecting other citizens, particularly in the context of ur ...

, and biology II. The school offers dual enrollment programs for English language and composition (English III), English literature and composition (English III), U.S. history, world history, and

psychology Psychology is the scientific study of mind and behavior. Psychology includes the study of conscious and unconscious phenomena, including feelings and thoughts. It is an academic discipline of immense scope, crossing the boundaries between ...

Freshman Academy

In 2012, Assumption High School opened a freshman academy, which serves all freshman and houses the majority of freshman classes.

Clubs and organizations

* Band * Booster Club * Class officers (senior, junior, sophomore, freshman) * Computer Club * Cooperative Office Education (COE) * Library Club *

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(FCA) * French Club *

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(FFA) * Jobs for Louisiana Graduates (JAG) *

Mu Alpha Theta Mu Alpha Theta () is the United States mathematics honor society for high school and two-year college students. In June 2015, it served over 108,000 student members in over 2,200 chapters in the United States and in 20 foreign countries. Its mai ...

(Math Club) * National Honor Society (NHS) *

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(Naval Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps) * Quiz Bowl * Relay For Life * Science Club * Student Council *

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* HOSA (Future Health Professionals)

Student media

''Le Stang & The Stampede'' serves as the school's newspaper. The school's official yearbook is ''The Roundup''.

Mascot

The Assumption High School mascot is the

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. Assumption High has named its mascot "Sally" in keeping with the song " Mustang Sally".

Athletics

Assumption High athletics competes in the LHSAA. Sports sponsored by the school include: *

American football American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team wi ...

Baseball Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each, taking turns batting and fielding. The game occurs over the course of several plays, with each play generally beginning when a player on the fielding t ...

Basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's h ...

* Cross country *

Dance Team A dance squad or dance team, sometimes called a pom squad or song team, is a team of participants that participates in competitive dance. A dance squad can also include: a jazz squad, ballet squad, or any kind of religion dance squad. Dance squads ...

Fishing Fishing is the activity of trying to catch fish. Fish are often caught as wildlife from the natural environment, but may also be caught from stocked bodies of water such as ponds, canals, park wetlands and reservoirs. Fishing techniques inclu ...

Golf Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a course in as few strokes as possible. Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standardized playing area, and coping ...

Gymnastics Gymnastics is a type of sport that includes physical exercises requiring balance, strength, flexibility, agility, coordination, dedication and endurance. The movements involved in gymnastics contribute to the development of the arms, legs, s ...

Softball Softball is a game similar to baseball played with a larger ball on a smaller field. Softball is played competitively at club levels, the college level, and the professional level. The game was first created in 1887 in Chicago by George Hanc ...

Tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...

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Volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Sum ...

Championships

Football championships *(1) State Championship: 1964

Notable alumni

* Dan Brouillete, former

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* Troy E. Brown, former member of the Louisiana State Senate * Terrence Cooks, former linebacker in the NFL *

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, two-time Super Bowl winner, former running back for the New York Giants *

Johnny Meads Johnny Sand Meads (born June 25, 1961) is a former professional American football linebacker in the National Football League (NFL) for the Houston Oilers from 1984 to 1992 and Washington Redskins in 1992. Meads was selected by the Oilers in the th ...

, linebacker for

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and

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* Charles Melancon, former member of the

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for

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* Jordan Mills, former offensive tackle in the NFL *

Tramon Williams Tramon Vernell Williams Sr. (born March 16, 1983) is a former American football cornerback who played 15 seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for Louisiana Tech, and was signed by the Houston Texans as an un ...

Super Bowl XLV Super Bowl XLV was an American football game between the American Football Conference (AFC) champion Pittsburgh Steelers and the National Football Conference (NFC) champion Green Bay Packers to decide the National Football League (NFL) champion ...

champion defensive back for the Green Bay Packers * Kim Willoughby,

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U.S. indoor volleyball Olympian, former

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volleyball player, 2003 AVCA NCAA National Player of the Year

References

External links

* * Public high schools in Louisiana Schools in Assumption Parish, Louisiana 1948 establishments in Louisiana Educational institutions established in 1948 {{Louisiana-school-stub